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Read MoreGrowing Boys and Vegetables
It’s About Vegetables and So Much More During our first summer living in the country eight miles from town, we seeded a small garden. Corn, one row of beans, and two jalapeno pepper plants were all that survived to suffer through the heat and wind of a Texas June. One morning I decided the whole family should be involved in the gardening effort. Turning off the TV and moving past the protests, everyone...
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Read MoreAuthors on Pinterest
PINTEREST Inspired Authors are using Pinterest to provide fans with fun information about their characters and books. Confession; I’m a Pinterest junky and now I’ve discovered even more reasons to love it. Books and authors! Pinterest is a useful tool for authors to promote, organize and find inspiration for stories. Here are a few ways that you as a fan of great books can learn more about an...
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Read MoreRebuilding History
Leaving the Old Old The Dalton Gang hideout is a well-preserved piece of history several hours drive from the Texas Panhandle. Located in Mede, Kansas, the small two story house belonged to the gang’s sister and her husband. A tunnel runs under the side yard into the horse barn and corral, which is now an interesting museum. Today the tunnel is cemented with stone sides for safety purposes, but it’s still...
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Read MoreDown in the Skillet
Cowboy Slang Texans have a way of cutting consonants and lengthening vowels to speak our mind. Some people may assume we’re ignorant. I think we’re entertaining and somewhat lazy. For instance, we’ve shortened you all to y’all. Rather than converse in a lengthy explanation of our intentions and plans, we simply say, “I’m fixin’ to.” The listener has to fill in the intended task based on the previous...
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Read MoreNew Calves, Dairy Queen & Multiple Lives
As I waited for our Dairy Queen order, I checked my iPhone calendar. Today, Monday, deliver lunch to my husband who was tending to his cows. I’ll hop a ride with him while he makes his afternoon rounds keeping watch for spring photo opportunities. Tomorrow, Tuesday, it’s back to the day job office. I’d wear my best speaker suit and heels for a lunch at an exclusive dinner club in downtown Amarillo to talk...
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Read MoreOld Mobeetie
The Streets of Old Mobeetie “I think it was the hardest place I ever saw on the frontier except Cheyenne, Wyoming.” CHARLES GOODNIGHT As buffalo hunters migrated to the Texas Panhandle from Kansas, they established a camp in what is now Wheeler County. Dubbed ‘Hidetown’, on the banks of Sweetwater Creek which is the North Fork of the Red River, the town supported the thriving cattle ranches...
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Read MoreDedication Ceremony
Historical Marker Dedication for a Texas Cemetery Texas state historical markers are found in all 254 counties. I attended a dedication ceremony at the Williams Ranch Cemetery, near the little town of Mullin, where some of my Williams ancestors are buried. The ceremony was well attended by about 100 family, friends and local neighbors. This beautiful little cemetery is full of history, and I enjoyed...
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Read MoreWilliams Family Decendants Cemetery Dedication
WILLIAMS RANCH CEMETERY, MILLS COUNTY, TEXAS Williams Ranch is one of the oldest settlements in Mills County, Texas and near the town of Mullin, was home to some of my mother’s ancestors, both from the Williams and Chesser sides. My Uncle Luther Williams, along with members of the Association, have been working diligently to place an historical marker at the cemetery that is still there and which...
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History Day
The tranquil atmosphere mutes the modern world as I walk into Pioneer Hall at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas. It’s so peaceful here, and in 285,000 square feet it’s easy to...
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Texas Sunrise
The month of January 2013 has begun with some amazing sunrises here in the Texas Panhandle. I thought you might like to see a few of them for yourself. There was never a night or a problem that could...
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Longfellow’s Christmas Bells
The story and sorrow behind the words. by Natalie Bright A ‘spark’...
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Truck Cookies and Piles of Worms
“Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most...
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